As economic circumstances have shifted significantly over the past couple of years, so has our awareness of the massive issue of overconsumption that seems to run the lives of so many these days. We are consuming our resources faster than they are being produced and based on the $972 billion dollars in credit card debt that Americans have created, we are obviously spending money that we don’t have on them. Many of us have drifted away from the simplicity of life without the burden of spending and carrying extra baggage filled with goods that we don’t even need. Once upon a time, we treasured our resources, preserved what we had and used our time, money and supplies wisely.
It is our goal to get back to the basics; by reducing our consumption, reusing the resources available to us and recycling all items that have no further use.
Re-using waste means finding a way to get the most use out of an item, even if we no longer want or need it, or after its original use has been fulfilled. Recycling has, arguably, more publicity than re-use. Although recycling is extremely important, it’s better to re-use something as much as possible before sending it for recycling. In the first place the ideal is to use less anyway. Reduce, re-use and recycle as they say (in that order).
Effective waste management and re-using items as long as we possibly can has many financial and environmental benefits. We are actively seeking to make a difference in both areas in 2010 and invite youto take this journey with us.
